Clear writers, like fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the most profound. From LearnThat.org. [Walter Savage Landor]
The river raced in turbid waves; the sand drove in clouds; and the face of the sky was darkened as if by a London fog. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Miles Up the Nile] Reference
“Match the hue to the water conditions: black in turbid water, bright colors in stained, and silver in clear, for example. “. From Wordnik.com. [Use a Double-Bladed Bucktail for Monster Muskies] Reference
Especially in turbid water. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Lures of the Walleye Guides] Reference
Had to look up "turbid" in helping twins study for oceanography quiz. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Richard Lenski (concerning turbidity), and then search the pdf for "turbid" for me to observe that the actual data are not there. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
Elvira's days grew turbid and her nights devoid of repose. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
As the stately steamer ploughed her way through the turbid waters of the. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Washington, as it is less turbid and contains rather more organic matter. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
Note that the water becomes turbid with fine material worn from the stones. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Then you will come to another stream of turbid water, and do the same there. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Then the turbid wave swept across to the door, sloshed it aside, disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
Let us again discuss the microscopic aspect of the turbid liquid at this stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
He plants feelings in my heart that blossom into hammers of turbid exasperation. From Wordnik.com. [Avatar Of Chaos] Reference
(The resulting sterile, turbid fluid is often spoken of as "killed" culture,) 2. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
This is watery at first, but may become catarrhal, heavy, mucous-like and turbid. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Cameron, sitting on a sack of meal and watching the turbid waters falling over the dam. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
One cubic centimetre of the turbid broth contains the washings from 0.1 gramme of soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Neither filter could be depended on to give a clear effluent when the applied water was turbid. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
The liquid became turbid from a development of bacteria and then underwent butyric fermentation. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
From the now turbid bouillon in the glass cylinder pour gelatine plates and incubate at 20° C. 5. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
It rose to an unexampled height, and tore along its way, a perfect mass of dark-foamed turbid waves. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
The aqueous humor becomes slightly turbid in acute attacks, coagulating more readily than the normal. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Alas! where, one little month ago, my little lake lay laughing up at the stars, a turbid torrent rushes noisily by. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
For a few miles we followed up the left bank of the Liu Sha, whose waters were turbid with the red soil of Szechuan. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Even when it has become turbid, if simple filtration is sufficient to render it clear, the filtrate may be used again. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Mendoet, on the wrong side of the turbid stream -- the Jordan which divides the weary traveller from his Land of Promise. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
A fair comparison between the results of the three systems when treating turbid water in January, 1908, is given in Table 16. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
No one believes for a moment that the turbid water of the Great River is meant here, and yet no one could explain what it did mean. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Draw off the subnatant turbid layer into sterile centrifugal tubes, previously warned to about 42° C., and centrifugalise at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Tranquillity returns no more; and though the waters seem not turbid, there is a shadow in their depths -- their transparency is lost. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
Absence of hæmolysis is indicated by a clear or turbid colourless fluid, with a deposit of red cells at the bottom of the test-tubes. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Table 16 shows very clearly that neither Filter Plant No. 1 nor No. 2 would prove at all satisfactory when treating turbid water, while. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
At present the waters are turbid and swollen from recent rains; but if the present hot weather lasts, the water will run down very fast. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
About fifty feet below the healthy surface of the Gulf lay a murky layer ... a turbid cloud of stirred-up sediment and dead sea creatures. From Wordnik.com. [Brenda Peterson: Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath] Reference
There were numerous large rapids and the impetuous river, turbid and grim, rushed down with a continuity that kept us alert every instant. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
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